Popular kids car seat Joie costing $629 fails crash test – as experts say a toddler would have died if it would have been a real road smash
- Expensive car safety seat spectacularly fails crash test ejecting dummy
- First time in 28 years of safety testing that a dummy has been completely ejected
- $629 Joie I-Travvel Car Seat failed in forward-facing mode secured by ISOfix
An expensive children’s car booster seat has spectacularly failed a safety trial, ejecting a crash test dummy in a way that would have killed a real child.
Safety consortium, the Child Restraint Evaluation Program (CREP), said it was the first time in their 28-year history of testing that a dummy had been completely ejected.
The $629 Joie I-Travvel Car Seat failed when in ISOfix forward-facing mode.
The spectacular crash test dummy fail of the $629 Joie I-Travvel Car Seat
ISOfix is an alternative method to seatbelts for securing a child safety seat.
The CREP described it as a ‘catastrophic performance failure’.
The test result was so bad the safety group overhauled its test protocol so that it could give a zero rating, CREP said in a statement.
The tests show the clips holding the ‘child’ releasing as the ‘child’ pitches forward on impact in a crash at 56km/h.
The ‘child’ then flies in a mid-air somersault out of the chair.
Joie Baby, a brand originating in the UK, boasts numerous awards on its website for its carseats including from Mother&Baby in 2016.
However, it is not the first time safety has been an issue for the company.
In November 2019, three baby capsule products had to be recalled for a top tether strap that was weak and could release under excessive load.
The recall was for the Joie i-Gemm infant capsule and base, both stand-alone and as part of the Joie Litetrax 4 Travel System, and also for the base as a separate module.
Daily Mail Australia contacted Joie on Wednesday for comment via Twitter and its online contact form.